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Introduction
As you have already heard , microsoft announced to open source it's most famous VsCode extension Github Copilot Chat . It will open a wide range of possibilities to developers . Developers will be able to now fork it , add new features and can now even create their personalised AI code editor . According to microsoft , it will help them to stay on their core development principles : open, collaborative, and community-driven . You can read official post here
What actually is Open Sourced ?
Microsoft announced Github Copilot Chat extension to be open-source under MIT License , which include 3 modes Chat , Edit and Agent mode . It's not the full Github Copilot , features like : AutoComplete , Next Edit , etc. are still private . Also it's the VsCode UI frontend logic , you still needs to make changes to it if you want to use custom AI model with this .
Is Github Copilot Plans now dead ?
This question is very common that if the copilot chat extention is open sourced , so now everyone can create their own personalised AI Coding Agent . Why pay to Microsoft for it ? The answer is : It's true , but here is the point , you can only customise the Chat feature , to use other features like autocomplete and other you still need to purchase the premium plan . Also it's not an straight forward process to make the Copilot Extension Personalised . You can't just provide the API key and use it . You will need to fork it , make it compatible according to AI Model you are intended to use , add custom prompts , test it and then upload it to your VsCode Editor to use .
The Microsoft Strategy
Let's understand the main strategy behind this . There are many benefit to Microsoft from this .
Dominate the compititors
In this AI race , Microsoft was a bit behind as before Agent mode AI editors like Cursor AI was already at top with it's agent mode and accuracy but they are all private sourced . By this change , the extension will now be manage by the community and there will be many cool new features we will be able to see and very fast , which will help Microsoft to compete with them .
New Pricing Problem
Just few days back , Github Copilot changed it's pricing model and included a new plan Pro+ and added limitations on Pro plan like Premium Requests . But with this , developer can now overpass this limitation by using their custom AI Model with it .
Less work More Result and Smoother User Experiance
Now , Since the extension will be driven by community , they will be able to focus on many other new tools to add in copilot . It will be helpful for them to know the issues and solve them very quickly and deliver a great user experiance to developers .
Conclusion
Overall it's a nice move by Microsoft to make Github Copilot Chat extension OpenSource . It will help Microsoft and open a wide range of possibilities to developers .
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